Sony PCG-C1VFLK manual

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    N Sony Not ebo ok U ser Gu ide PCG-C1 VFK/PCG-C1V FL K[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 2 nN Read this first Notice © 2001 Sony C orporation. All rights reserved. This man ual and t he sof tware de scri bed h ere in, in whole or in part, m ay no t be re prod uced , tra nsla ted, or redu ced to a ny m achi n e- readable form without prior written approval. Sony Co rpora tion pro vide s no [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 3 nN T rans meta, the T ran sme ta logo, C rus oe, t he Crus oe l ogo , C ode M or phing ™ Soft war e, Long Run ™ Pow e r Ma na geme nt a nd combinations thereof are trademarks of T ransmeta Co rporation in the USA and o ther countries. All other names of systems, pro ducts and services are trademar[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 4 nN Sa fety infor mati on Own er' s rec or d The model number and serial num ber are located on the bottom of your S ony n otebook. Record the serial number in the space provi ded here. Refer to the mo del and serial number when you c all V AIO-Lin k. Ser ial nu mb er:_ ______ ______ _____ ______ [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 5 nN Conn ecti vit y ❑ Neve r instal l mod em or tel eph on e wirin g du ring a sto rm . ❑ Neve r instal l tele ph on e jack s in wet lo ca tio ns un le ss the ja ck is spec ifica lly desig ne d for w et lo cation s. ❑ Use cau tio n w hen inst all i ng or modi fy in g te l eph on e line s. ❑ Use[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 6 nN Reg ulatory informa tion This pro duct c o nform s to the foll ow ing Europ ea n Di rect ives: 73/ 23/ EEC ( L o w V ol tage D i rect i ve) 89/ 336 /EE C, 92 /3 1/E EC (E MC D ire cti ve s) 93/ 68/ EEC ( C E Mar ki ng Di rect iv e) 1999/5/EC (radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipme [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Re ad t his fi rs t 7 nN Di sp osin g of lithi um io n batt eries Do no t han dl e dam a g e d or le ak i ng l ith iu m ion ba tte rie s. Di spo se of pro m pt ly and prop erl y at en d- of -li fe . Dang er of ex pl os io n if th e batte ry is incor rec tly rep laced. Rep lac e only with the sa me or equ ival ent type reco[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 8 nN We l c o m e Cong ratu lati on s on purc ha s in g a Sony VA I O no te b ook . S ony ha s comb in ed le adi ng -e dg e te ch nol og y in aud io , vid e o, com put in g a nd com m u ni cat io ns to pr ov i de y ou w ith s tate -o f- the -a rt pe rs ona l co m pu tin g. Here are just so m e of the feat ures yo u[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 9 nN Do cumenta t i on pa ck Prin ted do cume ntation ❑ A Ge tti n g St ar te d broch ure, wh e re y ou fi nd a brief descr ip tio n of the item s in you r box a nd som e specif icati on s of yo ur no teb oo k. Th is also offers a qu ick gui de to setting up your com p uter . ❑ A Cust omer Gui de , where you fi[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 10 nN 4 Refe r to the Mi cr oso ft Qu ick St ar t manu al fo r more in for m ation on Wind ow s. Y our not eb ook an d i ts acc essor ies Remo v e the foll ow in g har dw are it em s from th e box : 1 main un it 6 docum ent ati on pac k 2 rechargeable battery pack 7 display adapter 3 AC adapt e r 8 AV cabl e 4 po w[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 11 nN Erg ono mi c cons ider ati ons ❑ Y o u wi l l be u s in g yo u r n ot e b o o k a s a po r t a b l e de v ic e in a v a ri e t y o f e nv i r o n m e nt s. W h e n e v e r p o s s ib le , you sh oul d at t e m pt to tak e acc oun t of th e fol lo wing ergo nom i c c ons ide rati on s to bo th sta tio na r y[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Welcome 12 nN ❑ V ie wi ng an gle o f th e c omp ut er ’ s dis play – Use t he dis play ’ s tilti ng feature to fi nd the b est p os ition . Y o u c an reduce eye str ain an d m uscle fa tigue by ad justing the tilt o f the d isp lay to t he p roper p osi tion . Adju s t the brig htness set t in g of the disp lay a[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 13 nN Us i n g y o ur no t e boo k This se c tio n des cri bes how to sta rt usin g y ou r comp ute r and ho w to use yo ur comp uter ’ s inter nal and extern al de vic es. Locat in g con tro ls and connector s Rig ht ✍ AC a d apter mains connector and power cord: hazar d ous voltage , according to [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 14 nN Left ✍ T her e is a vent ilat ion sl ot lo cat ed nea r the PC C ard sl ot . Do not cov er th e ven ti lation slot w he n the note bo ok is in use. 1 S40 0 i .L IN K ™ connect or (p ag e 6 1) 4 REL EASE button (page 36) 2 PC Ca rd slot (p ag e 3 5) 5 v entilation slot 3 Ma gicGate Memory S tic[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 15 nN Front * The Blue toot h ™ ava ila bil ity de pen ds o n th e mod el an d you r c ount ry of re side nce. 1 built -in cam era ( Mot io n Ey e) (page 42) 9 Caps Loc k ind icat or (p age 2 7) 2 mic roph one (page 52) 10 Scro ll Loc k in dic ato r (p age 2 7) 3B l u e t o o t h ™ power butto n* (p[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 16 nN Bott om 1 Magic G a te Me mo r y Stick ™ slot wi ndo w (pag e 37) 2 ba ttery release lever (pag e 18) 3 rese t sw itc h 4 ba ttery connector (pag e 18) 5 ba ttery lock lever (pag e 18)[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 17 nN C onn ect ing a power sour ce You can use eithe r an AC adapter or a rechargeab le ba ttery pac k as a pow er sou rce . Using the AC adapter To use the AC adapter , procee d as follows : 1 Plug the cabl e attac hed to the AC adapte r (1) into the D C In con nec tor (2) on th e comp ute r . 2 Plug [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 18 nN Usi ng t he ba t te ry p ac k You ca n use a bat te ry pac k as a sourc e of po we r . The ba ttery pac k sup pl ied wi th you r comp ut er is no t fully ch arge d at the ti m e of pu rch ase. Insert in g the ba ttery pac k To insert the batt ery, pr oceed as fol low s: 1 Move th e lock lev er (1)[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 19 nN Cha rgi ng the ba t tery pa c k To ch ar g e the ba t ter y pac k, pr oce e d as fol l ow s: 1 Conne ct the AC adapt er to the comp uter . 2 Insert the b atter y p ack. The compu ter au toma t ically char ges th e batte ry (1) ( t he bat tery in dicato r (2) li g ht flash es in a double blink p at[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 20 nN If the batt ery le vel fal ls to be low 1 0%, y ou s hou ld eith e r att ach t he AC ada pter to r ec har ge th e ba tter y or sh ut do wn your comp uter a nd ins ert a fully charge d b at ter y . Y ou can e xte nd ba tter y li fe by ch ang ing t he po we r man age men t mod es in the Powe rPanel [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 21 nN Sta rt in g you r noteb oo k To st art you r c om p ute r, pr oce ed as fo ll ows : 1 Hold the botto m of the c ompu ter fi rml y an d ope n the c ov er . 2 Press the pow e r bu tto n ( 1) of the com pu ter un til the gr een po w er indi cato r ligh t (2) tu rns on . 3 If necess ary , press <Fn[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 22 nN Sh uttin g down you r note book It is impo rtan t tha t yo u shu t dow n y ou r com p ut er pro perl y in or der no t to lo se un save d data. To sh ut down your com puter, pro ceed as fo llows: 1 Click the St art bu tton on th e Wi ndo w s ® taskb ar . 2 Clic k Shu t Do wn. The Shut D own dial o[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 23 nN Reg iste ring yo ur note book You can take advan tag e of Sony ’ s com m itmen t to qu al ity cu sto m er sup por t and rec ei ve the fol lowi n g ben efi ts by regi ster in g y our comp uter : ❑ V AIO-Link – If y ou are experienc ing any prob lems with you r comput er , you can check th e V[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 24 nN Us in g t he ke ybo ard Your keyboar d is very simila r to a deskt op com pu ter ’ s, but th e keyb oa rd has addi ti ona l keys that perfo rm spe cific n otebo ok-rel ated tasks. Keys Descri ptions Esc ape ke y (1) The < Esc> (Esca pe) key is u sed to ca nc el c omma nd s.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 25 nN Fun cti on keys (2) The tw elve fun cti on ke ys a long the top of the k ey board are use d to pe rfor m de sig nate d ta sks. For exa mp le, in ma ny a ppl icati ons , <F1> is th e He lp key . T he task associated with eac h f unctio n k ey m ay v ar y fro m one a ppl icatio n to the ne xt.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 26 nN Com binat ion s and functi ons with the Wi ndow s key Combinati ons Functions + F1 Displays Windo ws He lp. + T ab Sw itches the selected button on the taskbar . + E Displays Windo ws Ex plor er . + F Displays the Sea rch Re sults w in dow t o f ind a file or fold er . This is equi va lent t o sel[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 27 nN Ind icato rs *The Bl ueto oth ™ a v ail abi lit y de pe nds o n th e mo de l a n d yo ur c ount ry of re sid enc e. Indic ator F uncti ons pow er P ower on: lig hts gr een. St and by mo de: fla she s um ber . battery Indicates th e status o f the battery inserted in t he computer . har d disk T [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 28 nN Com binat ion s and functi ons with the Fn key ✍ Som e func ti on s are not avai lable un ti l Wind ows i s la unched . Combinati ons/ Feature Functi ons Fn + (ESC) Standby mode Puts the syste m into St and by mod e, a pow e r mana ge ment sta te. T o return the system to the active state, press[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 29 nN Us ing th e pointi ng dev i ce The stick on the keybo ard is a cursor-po inti ng devi ce. You can point to, select, drag, and scroll objec ts on t he screen us ing the sti ck . ✍ T he s c roll func tion i s avai labl e only wi th app licati o ns that su pport a s crol l-point ing f ea t ure . Ac[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 30 nN Rep lac in g t he po i nt i ng st i ck c ov er You ca n rem ove th e cover (1) and repl ace i t with an ad di tio nal sti ck cov er sup plied with y ou r comp ute r.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 31 nN Us ing Jo g D ial Your co mput e r is e qui ppe d w ith a Jog Dial ( 1) on t he ri ght s id e of yo ur com put e r. Y ou c a n tu rn (2 ) a nd / o r press (3 ) the Jog Dial to scro ll the wind ow , select a softw are, adj ust the intern al sp eaker v olume , etc.[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 32 nN The Jo g D ia l wi nd ow is al way s disp lay ed on th e scree n. This windo w ha s two mo de s : La un che r mo de o r Guide mo de. The Jo g Dial wi ndow is in Lau ncher mod e until you start an ap plication or the Jo g Dial wi ndow b ecom es active. W hen a n arro w app ears n ext t o an item in[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 33 nN To use the Jog Dial in Launch er m od e, proce ed as follo w s: 1 Click the Jog Di al win do w or pr ess the Jo g Dial while p ressin g the <Ctrl> key to swi tch to Lau ncher mode. 2 Tu r n t h e Jog D ial to select an ite m , then pres s the Jog D ial . The Jog D ial w indo w sw itch es to [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 34 nN Sof tw are supp or ti n g Jo g Di al If th e So ny soft war e s upp ortin g the Jog Dial is ac tiv e , yo u c a n use Jog Dia l function s alloc ated to eac h sof twa re. So ftwar e n ot su ppor ting Jog D ial If th e s oftwar e i n us e d oes not sup port the Jog D ial , you can scr oll the windo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 35 nN Us ing PC Cards Your com p uter includes a PC Ca rd sl ot. PC Card s allow you to conn ec t port abl e ex tern al devi ces . In sert ing a PC Card To in sert a PC Card, pro ceed a s f ollows : 1 Insert th e PC Card int o the PC Card sl ot, fron t lab el faci ng up (1). 2 Gently pus h the ca rd int[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 36 nN Remo v i ng a PC Ca rd If you unp lu g thi s dev ice fro m the com pu ter wh en turne d on, yo ur syst em migh t cras h and yo u mig ht lo se da ta t hat yo u did no t sa ve be for e. If your co m put er is turned off, you do not have to follow thes e instruc ti on s. To remov e a PC Card, proceed[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 37 nN Using Me mor y Stick™ This c omp act, p ortabl e, and versati le rec ord ing medi um h as a data capaci ty exc eeding th at of a fl oppy dis k. The Mem ory Stick ™ is spec ially d esigne d for exchan ging and shari ng d igita l data wi th comp atib le prod ucts. Becaus e it is remo vabl e, it [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 38 nN T ypes of M emo ry St ick ™ media Tw o type s of Memo r y St i c k ™ are available. The first ty pe , Mag icG ate Me mo r y St ic k ™ (her eafter referred as MG Me mor y Sti c k ), is provid ed with copy righ t protect ion. The secon d typ e, simpl y referr ed to as Me mo r y St ic k ™ , d[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 39 nN Inse r ting a M emory Stick ™ To insert a Memo ry Stick ™ , proc eed as fo llow s: 1 Gentl y ins ert you r M em ory Stick ™ (1), fr o nt la bel f acin g down , unti l it c licks into place. When th e M emor y Stick ™ is con nected properl y, you ca n see the cont ents of the card by clicki[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 40 nN Removing a Me m ory Stick ™ To remov e a Mem ory Stick ™ , proc eed as fo llows: 1 Make sure the ac cess light is off and gently pr ess the Mem ory St ick ™ in war d s. 2 When i t come s out , pull it out . The Memo ry Stic k ™ wind ow c loses automat ically w h en y ou remo ve t he Memo r[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 41 nN Fo rma ttin g a Memo ry St ick ™ Memory Sticks ™ are forma tted for imm ed ia te use w hen you pur ch ase them . If you need to reform a t a Memo ry Stick, use th e Mem ory Sti c k Form at ter sof twa r e p ro v id ed w i th y ou r no te b oo k . F or m ore d et ai ls about us ing M em o ry St[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 42 nN Using t he M OTION EY E built-i n camer a Your comp uter includes a bu ilt-in MOTI ON EY E camer a. You can use the camer a to shoot stil l images and record vi deo c lips . Captur ing still ima g es To capture a still image, proceed as follows : 1 Press th e Capture button (1). The Sm ar t C ap t[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 43 nN 4 Tu r n t h e Mot i on Ey e le ns tow ard s the su bj ect . 5 Adjust th e f ocus ring . 6 Click the Capt ure butto n on the comp ut er . The Still Viewer window app ears an d displ ays the c aptu red image . ✍ Do not to uch t he c amera l ens. Do not po in t th e cam era t owar ds th e s un . I[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 44 nN Us ing po we r savin g modes When you use a b atte ry as th e sou rce of p ower for your co mputer, you can tak e a dvant age of p ower ma nag em ent set t in gs to co nse r ve ba tt er y li fe . In addi t ion to the nor mal ope r ati ng mo de, whi ch a ll ows yo u to turn off spec ific de vice s,[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Using your notebook 45 nN Using Hibernate mode The sta te o f the system i s sa ved on the h ard d isk an d pow er is t urn ed off. The pow er ind icato r l igh t is off in th is mode. To activat e Hibernate mode, procee d as f ollows: Press <Fn>+<F1 2> . Or, Use the Po werP an el utilit y. To return to Nor ma [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 46 nN Connec ting periph eral d evices You can ad d fun ctio nal ity to y our com pu ter by con nec ting or u sing any of the se pe ripher als an d e nj oy th e softwa re desc ribed in the Abou t the sof tw are on y ou r So ny N ote boo k user guide: Conn ecti ng a n ex tern al disp lay (pag [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 47 nN C onn ect ing a n ext erna l disp l ay You ca n co nne ct an ex te r nal dis pl a y to your no teb ook . For e x am pl e , yo u can use yo ur com p ute r wit h the fo llowing d evice s : ❑ Com put e r di spl ay ; ❑ TV ; ❑ Projector .[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 48 nN Con necting a comp uter dis play To co nnect a co mpu ter di splay, p roceed as follow s: 1 Plug the s uppl ied disp lay adap ter (1) int o the n oteboo k ’ s mi ni V GA Ou t con nector and th e disp lay c able to the V GA Ou t con nec tor o f t he display adapter . 2 If nece ss a ry [...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 49 nN Con necting a TV To connect a TV to your noteboo k, proc eed as foll ow s: 1 Plug the supp li ed AV cable (1) into th e comp ute r ’ s AV o ut co nn ecto r (yel l ow ). 2 Plug the th ree-p in jack of t he A V cable to the TV as sh own belo w . ✍ 640x480 dots o f your computer screen[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 50 nN Conn e cti ng a pr oje ct or To co nnect a pr ojecto r, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Plug the di splay adapter ( 1) into th e com puter ’ s min i VGA Ou t conne cto r and the di splay sign al cable ( 2) to the V GA Ou t con nec tor o f t he display adapter . 2 Plug the sp eaker audio ca bl[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 51 nN Con ne cting ext ern al spea ke rs You ca n enh anc e the so und qual i t y of your co m pu ter by co nn ecti ng e xt erna l spe ak ers. To co nnect exter nal speak ers, proceed as follow s: 1 Plug the speaker cable (1) into the earp ho ne conn ecto r (2). 2 Plug the o ther en d of th e[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 52 nN Conn ect ing a n ext er nal mi croph one Your VAI O no teb ook conta ins an int ernal micro pho ne. If yo u need to us e a soun d i nput de vi ce , for exa mpl e to ch at on th e Intern et, y ou c an also p lug in an e xterna l microp ho ne. To co nnect an ext ernal m icropho ne, pro ce[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 53 nN Conn ect ing a U ni vers al Ser ial Bus (US B ) d evice You ca n co nne ct a U S B dev i ce ( e.g . m ou s e, flo ppy di sk dri v e … ) to yo ur computer. You do not nee d to shut do w n the co m pu ter be fore conn ec tin g or d isc on nec ti ng a U S B peri ph era l . When you start[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 54 nN Usi ng a US B f lop py d i sk dr i ve You ca n co nne ct a flo pp y d isk d rive to the U SB c on nector o n your c omp uter . Conn ecti ng the fl opp y d isk driv e To connect the flopp y disk dr ive, proc eed as follows: Plug t he flop py di sk dri ve cab le (1) into the USB co nn ect[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 55 nN Insert in g a diskette To in sert a di ske tte, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Hold the diske tte (2) with the label side facing up. 2 Gently push the disket te in to the drive (1) until it clicks into place. Re movi ng a di sk ett e To rem o ve a diske tte, proc eed as fo llow s: When y ou fi[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 56 nN Remo vin g the fl op py di sk dri ve To re move t he fl op py di sk dr i v e , proc ee d as fo l l ow s : ❑ If your com p ute r is on , w ait un ti l the LED in di ca tor tu rns off and then unpl u g the U SB cab le from the com put er . If the fl op py d isk driv e is not rem oved pr[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 57 nN Us ing a C D-ROM drive You ca n co nne ct a CD -RO M dri v e to y our noteb oo k to read CD -RO M s, Audi o-CD s an d CD Ex tra s. Conn e cti n g t he CD- R OM dri ve To connect the CD-ROM drive, proc eed as foll ows: 1 Insert th e CD- RO M card into the PC Card sl ot w ith the S ONY lo[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 58 nN Conn ect ing a print er You ca n co nne ct a Wi nd ow s- co m pa t ib le pr in te r to y ou r com put er to pri nt doc um en ts. Conn e cti n g a pr in t er us ing th e US B con n ec t or You ca n co nne ct a U S B pri nte r com p a ti bl e wi th y ou r ver s io n of W in do ws to yo ur[...]

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    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 59 nN Conn ect ing a Bl uetoo th ™ de v ice to yo ur n ote bo ok * Th e Bl uet oot h ™ w ir ele ss tech no lo gy * ena bl e s you to est abl ish a wi rele ss co m m uni c atio n be twe en y our note bo ok an d oth e r Bl ueto oth ™ dev ices su ch as a no teb ook , a mo bile p hon e or a[...]

  • Page 60

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 60 nN Bl ueto oth ™ secu rit y* Th e Bl uet oot h ™ w ir ele ss tech no logy has an authe nti fi cati on fun cti on whi ch allow s y ou to mak e sure w ith whom you com mu nicate . With the auth ent ific ation fu nctio n, yo u can avo id an y an on ymou s B lueto oth ™ devi ce to ac ces[...]

  • Page 61

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 61 nN C onn ect ing a n i.LI N K ™ de vic e Your computer includ es an i.LINK ™ (IEEE1394) conne ctor, w hich you can use to conn ect to an i .LINK ™ devi ce such as a di gi tal video came ra rec ord er or to connec t two VAI O no tebo oks in order to cop y, del ete or ed it files. The [...]

  • Page 62

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 62 nN Conn e cti ng a di g i tal vi deo c am er a re co rd er To co nn e ct a digi ta l video cam e ra reco rder , pro cee d as fol lo ws : 1 Plug one en d of the i.LINK ™ cable ( 1) int o th e i.L INK ™ conn ec tor (2) o f the com pu ter an d th e ot her e nd into the DV Out con nec tor [...]

  • Page 63

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Connecting periphera l devices 63 nN Con nect ing tw o V A IO not ebooks With Smart Conne ct you c an co py, ed it o r d ele te files on a nothe r V AIO c omp ut er (eq ui pp ed with Sma rt Conne ct ) c onn ec ted to you r co mput er wi th a n i .LI NK ™ c able (1) (not supplied). You ca n als o pri nt a do cu m e nt on [...]

  • Page 64

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 64 nN Getting help This se c tio n des cri bes how to get he lp an d sup po rt fro m Son y , as w ell as trou bl esho ot ing tip s for y ou r co mpu te r. So ny suppor t op ti ons Sony pro v id es se v eral sup po rt opt io ns for yo ur co m pu ter. Pri nted docum entat ion su ppli ed wit h your not ebook ❑ [...]

  • Page 65

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 65 nN ❑ V AIO-Link website : if y ou ha ve any prob lem w it h yo ur c om pu t er , you can a cc ess th e VAIO-Li nk web site. Go to : http:/ /ww w .v aio- link .com ❑ V AIO-Link Response Centre : Befo re c ontac ting V AIO-Link Resp on se Cen tre, try to sol ve th e pro ble m by r eading t he U ser G uid [...]

  • Page 66

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 66 nN Ab out the comput er and s oftw are My c omp ute r does n ot star t ❑ Check th at the com pu ter is plugg ed in to a power source and that it is turned o n. ❑ Che ck th at the po we r ind ica to r on th e fron t pane l of the com p ute r ind icates that the p ow e r is on. ❑ Check th at the bat ter[...]

  • Page 67

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 67 nN 5 Press the arro w keys to selec t Ge t Defaul t V alues and then press <Enter> . The messa ge Lo ad default c onfigur ation n ow? ap pears. 6 Make sure that [Y es] is selected and then press <Enter>. 7 Press the arrow key s to sel ect Ex it (save changes) and then p ress <Ent er> . The[...]

  • Page 68

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 68 nN ❑ I f yo ur com pu ter l o cks up wh ile pl ay ing a CD- RO M, st op th e CD- RO M, an d sh ut do wn the co mpu t er by pres sing <C trl >+<A lt>+<Delete> , and then clic k Shut Down . My s oftwar e prog ram locks up or cr ashes Conta c t the so ftw are pu bl is he r or de si gna ted [...]

  • Page 69

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 69 nN Ab out B lue toot h ™ * * The Blue toot h ™ ava ila bil ity de pen ds o n th e mod el an d you r c ount ry of re side nce. I canno t use th e Blu eto oth ™ fun cti on ❑ I f t he Bl ue too th ™ LED i s o ff, pre ss t he Bl uet ooth ™ po w er but ton for tw o seco nd s to tur n the LED on . ❑[...]

  • Page 70

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 70 nN I canno t co m m un ica te wi th the oth e r devi ce al tho ugh the di stan ce betw een bo th dev ice s is with in 100 metres ❑ The data tran sfer d istanc e can b e sh ort er than 1 00 m etr es de pendi ng on exist ing o bstacl es betw een the two dev i ces, on rad io wave qu ality , on the op erat in[...]

  • Page 71

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 71 nN Ab out t he dis pla y My L CD do es no t dis pl a y any t hi ng ❑ Check th at the com pu ter is plugg ed in to a power source and that it is turned o n. ❑ Che ck th at t he powe r i nd icato r on th e fr ont p ane l of the c omp ute r is on . ❑ Check th at the bat tery pac k s are inserte d proper [...]

  • Page 72

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 72 nN Ab out C D-RO Ms and d isk ettes My CD -ROM drive t ray d oes n ot op en ❑ Make sure the co mpu ter is turn ed on . ❑ Press th e Eje ct b utton on t he op tical d ev ice d ri ve. ❑ If th e Eje ct bu tto n do es not wor k , you can op en th e tra y by inser tin g a sha r p, pointe d obj e c t int o [...]

  • Page 73

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 73 nN When I dou ble-cli ck a n appl icati on ico n, a mes sage such as 'Y ou must inse rt t h e app licat ion CD i nto yo ur CD-R OM driv e' ap pea rs and th e softwar e d oes not star t. ❑ Some tit les require sp ecifi c files th at a re locate d on th e appl i cati on CD- RO M . Insert the CD an[...]

  • Page 74

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 74 nN There are pictu re gaps and so un d gaps wh en import in g video imag es Gaps may occu r b ased o n the ef fect se tti ngs i n Sm ar t C ap t ur e . The MOTI ON EYE does no t show an y images ❑ Che ck th at o th er s oftwar e su ch as Sm art C aptu re do es not use the MOTIO N EYE . ❑ Depen di ng on [...]

  • Page 75

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 75 nN My mi c rop ho ne do es not wor k If y ou a re us ing an ext erna l mic rop hone , c he ck tha t t he micr opho ne i s plu gg ed into th e mi c rop hone conn ector. An erro r me ssag e app ears w hen usin g voi ce-re late d sof twa re pro grams ❑ Double -cli ck Y ama ha DS- XG Au di o C onf ig in Cont [...]

  • Page 76

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Getting help 76 nN I canno t pri nt ❑ Check th at all the cable s of the pr inter are co rrec tl y connect e d. ❑ Che ck that you r pr inter is co rrec tly con figu red and th at you h ave up -to-d ate driv ers. I f needed , contac t your d ealer . Ab out d igital video capt ures and DV gate While I am reco rd ing imag[...]

  • Page 77

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 77 nN Pr ec au ti o ns This se c tio n des cri bes safety gui de li nes and pre cau tions to help yo u pro tec t yo ur co m pu te r fro m pot enti al dama ge . Your n oteb oo k a nd mem ory mo du les u se h igh pr ecisi on com pone nts and e lec tro nic co nne ctors tec hn ology . To avoid the inval idati on o[...]

  • Page 78

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 78 nN Pl aci n g a key to p If th e e nter o r t he spa ce key comes o ff, r epl ace th e key to p as sh own below . If a no ther key top c ome s off, put it w h ere it was and pu s h unti l it clic ks int o pla ce. To rep lace a k ey to p, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Remo ve the wire ( 1) und er the key top if ne[...]

  • Page 79

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 79 nN Ot he r pr ec a ut io ns On ha n dling the LCD scr een ❑ Do not leav e t he LCD facing the sun as it can dama ge the LC D. Be careful wh en using th e comput er near a w indo w . ❑ Do no t scrat ch the LCD or exert pre ssur e on it. Thi s co uld cau se ma lf un cti on . ❑ Using the comp uter in low[...]

  • Page 80

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 80 nN ❑ When th e AC adap ter is no t used , unpl ug it fro m the AC ou tle t. ❑ Use only the supplied AC adapter . Do no t use any other AC adapter . On h an dl in g y o ur no te bo ok ❑ Clean t he ca binet with a soft , d ry cloth or a s oft clo th li ghtly m o istened with a m ild de tergent sol ution[...]

  • Page 81

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 81 nN ❑ The compu ter us es hi gh-fr equ enc y radi o signal s and may ca use inter feren ce to radi o or TV recep tion. Shou ld t his o ccur , reloca te the c ompu ter a sui table d istance away fro m th e set. ❑ Use only specif ied peri ph eral equipmen t and int erfac e cab les; oth erw ise, pr oblems m[...]

  • Page 82

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 82 nN ❑ If the disc is badl y soi led, moi ste n a soft c lot h wi th water , wri ng i t o ut wel l, a nd use it to w ipe th e su rface of the disc from th e cent er out . Wipe off any remai ni ng mo is tur e with a dry soft cloth. On usin g the battery p ack ❑ Never leave the batte ry pack in tempe ratu r[...]

  • Page 83

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide Preca utions 83 nN On usin g earp hones ❑ R oad s afety – Do not u se ea rph on es w hile driv ing, cyc lin g, or op erati ng a ny moto rize d ve hic le. I t may create a tr affic haz ard and is illegal in so me areas . It c an also be pote nti ally da nge rou s to pl ay lo ud m usic while wal ki ng , especi al ly at p[...]

  • Page 84

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1VFK spe cifications 84 nN PCG-C1VF K specifications Product name PCG-C1VFK Op e r at in g sy st e m Micro sof t ® W ind ows ® 2 00 0 Pro f ess io nal Pro cessor Cruso e ™ Processor TM 5600 66 7 MHz Hard di sk drive 15 G B Standar d RAM 128 M B SD R AM Maxi mum RAM 192 MB LCD sc reen 8.9 5 ’’ T F T display Ult[...]

  • Page 85

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1VFK spe cifications 85 nN Suppli ed acce ssori es rechargeable battery , AC adapter , power cord, display ad apter , spare stick covers, AV cable Servi ce ‡ 1 year fre e V A IO -Lin k Serv ice Guarantee ‡ 1 year guarantee (parts a nd labour) Power sourc e 16 V DC/ AC 10 0- 240 V Power manage men t Ene rgy S tar c[...]

  • Page 86

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1VFK spe cifications 86 nN Wireles s communication: M ethod of communi cation Blu eto oth ™ standard Ver . 1.0B Ma ximum comm u nication spee d Appr o x. 723 kb ps O utput Bluet oot h ™ standard Po wer Class1 Com munica tion distanc e Ap prox. 100 – 10 m ( ope n sp ace) Compatibl e Bluetooth profi l e Generic A [...]

  • Page 87

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1VFK spe cifications 87 nN ‡ See our special Gu arantee extension conditions. S pe cif icat i ons ar e sub ject to ch ange wit hout n ot ic e. Captured fr am es 30 frames/s. max. (320 x 240 motion JPEG) 15 frames/s. max. (640 x 480 motion JPEG) Product name PCG-C1VFK[...]

  • Page 88

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1VFLK s pecificati ons 88 nN PCG -C 1 VF L K sp eci f i c at io n s Product name PCG-C1VFLK Op e r at in g sy st e m Micro sof t ® W ind ows ® 2 00 0 Pro f ess io nal Pro cessor Cruso e ™ Processor TM 5600 66 7 MHz Hard di sk drive 15 G B Standar d RAM 128 M B SD R AM Maxi mum RAM 192 MB LCD sc reen 8.9 5 ’’ T[...]

  • Page 89

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1VFLK s pecificati ons 89 nN Connecti on capabilit ie s on notebo ok VGA m onitor , p rojector or television, MagicGate Memory S tick ™ or Mem ory St ick ™ , external speakers, microphone, US B, T ype II PC Cards, i.LINK ™ ( IEE E1 394) S 40 0 Suppli ed acce ssori es rechargeable battery , AC adapter , power cor[...]

  • Page 90

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide PCG-C1VFLK s pecificati ons 90 nN ‡ See our special Gu arantee extension conditions. S pe cif icat i ons ar e sub ject to ch ange wit hout n ot ic e. Storage humidit y 10% to 90% (not c ondensed), provided th at humidity is less tha n 20% at +60 ° C (hygrometer read ing of l ess than 35 ° C) MOTION E YE c amera 350, 00[...]

  • Page 91

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide 91 nN INDEX A AC ad apter 5 , 17 air circulatio n 80 Alt key 25 application key 25 AV out connector 13 B Bass Boos t 28 battery charging the 19 inserting the 18 battery charging status 19 battery connec tor 16 battery indicator 15 , 19 , 27 battery lock lever 16 battery rel ease lev er 16 Bluetooth™ indicator 15 Bluetoot[...]

  • Page 92

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide 92 nN F floppy disk drive connec ting a USB 54 removing a USB 56 Fn key 25 , 28 function keys 25 G guarantee 4 , 23 H hard disk drive indicator 15 , 27 headphon e conne ctor 13 help 64 Hibernate mode 28 , 45 I i.LIN K ca ble 62 i.LINK c onnector 14 indicator battery 15 , 19 , 27 Bluetooth ™ 15 Ca ps Lo ck 15 , 27 ha rd d[...]

  • Page 93

    Sony Notebook Us er Guide 93 nN Normal mode 44 Num Lo c k 25 Num Lo c k indi cator 15 , 27 numeric keypad 25 O operator keys 25 P PC Card removing a 36 PC Card slot 14 , 35 peripherals 46 pointing device 15 power button 15 power indicator 15 , 27 power savi ng mod es 44 precau tions 77 Print Scre en key 25 printer 58 printer cable 58 projector 47 R[...]